by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 17, 2023 | Cambodia, Business, News, Vietnam
While a majority of Cambodia’s trade with the West continues to experience a slowdown, bilateral trade volume between Cambodia and Vietnam in the first eight months of 2023 has kept increasing slightly, with exports up 26.1% year-on-year, according to the General...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 12, 2023 | ASEAN, Asia, Business, Malaysia, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Asian countries dominate the new “Best Countries for Starting a Business in 2023” report. All top three are Asian, and six out of ten best are from the continent. The best Southeast Asian country on the list is Thailand, placed second. More than 17,000 people...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Sep 10, 2023 | ASEAN, Cambodia, Environment, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
The Mekong River Commission has released its 2022 Annual Report, which chronicles tangible improvements across the Mekong River Basin, achieved through the joint efforts and “water diplomacy” of Member Countries Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, and their...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 25, 2023 | News, Economy, Vietnam
Vietnam received over 677 million USD in aid from foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) during 2020-22, according to the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO). As of late 2022,...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 16, 2023 | Travel, News, Vietnam
The Vietnamese Government has decided to issue e-visas to all foreign arrivals at 52 ports of entry into the country, starting from 15 August. Prior to this, the country had only been issuing 30-day single-entry e-visas to citizens from 80 countries. The new...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 17, 2023 | Travel, News, Vietnam
Vietnam was the seventh most searched travel destination in the world during the first half of the year, according to Google Destination Insights. It was the only Southeast Asian country among the 20 most-searched destinations on Google until June. Vietnam hopes to...